GPT and Hepatitis: In the HBeAg-positive group, positive correlations were found between the grades of liver inflammation and age (r = 0.145, p = 0.002), ALT (r = 0.422, p < 0.001), AST (r = 0.523, p < 0.001), and GGT (r = 0.461, p < 0.001), while negative correlation was found with PLT (r = -0.359, p < 0.001) (Fig. 1A).